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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Harold Pogson<br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| full_name = Harold Pogson<br />
| birth_date = 24 August 1870<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolhapur]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1906|2|22|1870|8|24|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Rajkot]], Bombay Presidency,<br>British India<br />
| nickname = <br />
| family = <br />
| batting = Unknown<br />
| bowling = Unknown<br />
| role = <br />
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<br />
| year1 = 1894/95<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 1<br />
| runs1 = 9<br />
| bat avg1 = 4.50<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 9<br />
| deliveries1 = 15<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–<br />
| date = 8 December<br />
| year = 2023<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/harold-pogson-32470 ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Harold Pogson''' (24 August 1870 – 22 February 1906) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and a colonial police officer in [[British India]].<br />
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The son of the [[General (United Kingdom)|General]] [[John Pogson]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003345/19021127/280/0028|title=Madras|work=[[The Mail (Madras)|Madras Weekly Mail]]|location=[[Madras Presidency]]|page=28|date=27 November 1902|access-date=8 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> he was born in [[British India]] at [[Kolhapur]] in August 1870. He later joined the [[Indian Imperial Police]], where he would become the [[Superintendent (police)#United Kingdom|Superintendent of Police]] and Commandant of the Military Police for the [[Kathiawar Agency]].<ref name="NEWS">{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002922/19060301/026/0005|title=Death of a D. P. Commandant|work=Englishman's Overland Mail|location=[[West Bengal]]|page=5|date=1 March 1906|access-date=8 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> In India, he made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] in the 1894–95 [[Bombay Tournament (cricket)|Bombay Presidency Match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14341/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Harold Pogson|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=8 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 9 runs in the Europeans first innings by [[Kekhashru Mistry]], while in their second innings he was dismissed [[duck (cricket)|without scoring]] by [[Dinshaw Writer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4228.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1894/95|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=8 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was a well known cricketer in [[Bombay]] and was a member of the Rajkot Cricket Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/227834.html|title=Wisden – Obituaries in 1906|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=8 December 2023}}</ref> Pogson died at [[Rajkot]] on 22 February 1906, from [[heat stroke|heat apoplexy]] leading to [[heart failure]].<ref name="NEWS"/><br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1870 births]]<br />
[[Category:1906 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kolhapur]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Police Service officers in British India]]<br />
[[Category:English cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]<br />
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